Four issues of volume 5 of the ERIC/CRESS (Educational Research Information Center/Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools) newsletter are compiled in this publication. The first issue presents a preview of the monograph "Outdoor Education: A Synthesis" which synthesizes and conceptualizes the current knowledge in outdoor education. A preview of "A Synthesis of Current Research in Migrant Education" is given in the second issue. Issue Number 3 includes an article on flexible scheduling--"Flexible Scheduling for a Small High School". Also included are citations of documents: (1) on flexible scheduling found in the ERIC system; (2) from the National Study of American Indian Education; and (3) from ERIC/CRESS. Articles in the fourth issue are: "Program to Prepare Elementary Principals for Districts with Mexican American and Indian Students"; "National Conference on Indian Education"; "Ford Foundation Fellowships"; and "Traveling Art Studios Bring Cultural Studies to Indian Schools". Four documents dealing with preparing teachers to work with Mexican American and American Indian students are cited. (NQ)